APPLIED MATHEMATICS, INC. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: MDA14-003
APPLIED MATHEMATICS, INC. — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $125,000
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Missile Defense Agency
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- MDA14-003
- Solicitation
- 2014.2
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- CT
- Period
- 2014-12-18 → 2015-07-21
Description
A missile will sometimes break into smaller pieces, either by design or as a result of a malfunction or collision. The latter cases are called off-nominal, and can be difficult to analyze, especially if not observed directly. Before break-up there is a single parent object. After break-up there are multiple child objects, likely on very different trajectories. A radar is assumed to track the parent object, but to not hold contact when the break-up occurs. After the break-up (within 30 seconds of loss of contact), the radar collects data on at least some of the child objects. This project addresses the problem of estimating the break-up time and the child objects velocity vectors. Approved for Public Release 14-MDA-8047 (14 Nov 14)